The Scottish two-weight world champ has stepped up to light-welterweight to face Frenchman Alexandre Lepelley tomorrow at Leeds' First Direct Arena and knows he cannot lose for a third successive time.

Burns, 31, claims he felt weight drained against Zlaticanin and says fighting at light-welterweight should suit him better.

"When I look back at it, I was really, really struggling to get the weight off," he said. "It just wasn't budging and it did affect my performance.

"During the fight I knew what was happening, but I couldn't get out of the way of his shots. He was looking for the big overhand left hooks and every time he threw it, I knew it was coming, but I couldn't evade them.

"Trying to boil myself down to 9st 9lbs was just draining the energy out of me so fingers crossed that this will be a new start."

Brian Rose also makes his comeback after unsuccessfully challenging Demetrius Andrade for the WBO light-middleweight title in June.

Rose, who faces Ignacio Fraga, said: "This is now the biggest fight of my career.

"I need to comeback in style. It's not just about winning, but about performing and coming back with a bang."

Burns and Rose are on the undercard of Leeds' Josh Warrington, who is aiming to add the vacant European featherweight title to his British and Commonwealth belts against Italian Davide Diele.